<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brad DerManouelian</b> <<a href="mailto:myth@dermanouelian.com">myth@dermanouelian.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Oct 23, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:<br><br>> On 10/23/2007 12:44 PM, Mark Boyum wrote:
<br>>> With the help of this mailing list I have turned an old Athlon 1400<br>>> based system into a MythTV machine that my wife brags about. Last<br>>> night I finally configured lirc to use the remote included with my
<br>>> pvr-150. It was actually pretty easy thanks to the Ubuntu guides. I<br>>> have, however, hit a snag. Since my BE/FE combo is a loud old thing,<br>>> it is located in the utility room beneath our television. The
<br>>> included cable for the IR receiver is not very long and doesn't come<br>>> close to making the trip through the floor into the entertainment<br>>> system.<br>><br>> I'm a huge supporter of getting Myth boxes out of the viewing room.
<br>> After all, it's the show you want to see, not the box. :)<br>><br>>> Does anyone know if an extension cable that would work with this<br>>> device? I attempted a simple headphone style extension cable, but
<br>>> that does not work. Apparently the connections are slightly<br>>> different.<br>><br>> Never tried it, but this might work, instead of extending the<br>> existing.<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.irblaster.info/hauppauge_ir.html">
http://www.irblaster.info/hauppauge_ir.html</a><br>><br>> It even gives you the specs for making your own if you'd rather do<br>> that<br>> than buy the one he makes (or you need something other than 72" and
<br>> don't feel like asking if he could make it for you :).<br>><br>> Mike (not the one on the web page, though)<br><br>I used an 1/8" cable extender without a problem. I don't remember if<br>it was stereo or mono, but one worked and the other didn't. I don't
<br>use my PVR's IR Receiver any more so I couldn't tell you which<br>worked. For a couple bucks you can buy each at Radio Shack and return<br>the one that doesn't work. :)</blockquote>
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<div>Thanks for the suggestions and web link guys. But I think my problem lies in a detail that I left out. My particular pvr-150 has the IR receiver / Blaster combo. This seems to use a slightly different plug than a standard mini-jack headphone plug (more conductors and a different size). I'm guessing that I'm
S.O.L. and will need to invest in a USB receiver / remote.</div>
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<div>Which in the long run may not be so bad. Then I could put a usb hub in the entertainment center so that the wife could transfer photos from the camera directly to the Myth box.</div></div>